Al Bridge
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Al Bridge was an American character actor, a fixture both in Westerns and in the comedies of Preston Sturges. Although frequently billed as Alan Bridge, he was born Alfred Morton Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1891 (not as Alford Bridge in 1890, as his tombstone erroneously states). Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe. He dabbled in writing and in 1930 sold a script to a short film, Her Hired Husband (1930). He followed this with a B-Western script, God's Country and the Man (1931), in which he made his film debut as an actor. For the next quarter century, he managed the atypical achievement of maintaining a career in both B-Westerns and in bigger dramatic and comedy features. Ten films for director Preston Sturges represent probably his most familiar contribution to Hollywood history. Bridge also appeared frequently on television until his death in 1957 at 66.
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
A Rider of the Plains (1931)
as Deputy Bill Gaines
Westbound Mail (1937)
as 'Bull' Feeney
Transient Lady (1935)
as Sheriff Angel Verner
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
as The Mister
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
I Married a Witch (1942)
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
Dead End (1937)
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
Down to Earth (1947)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Ace Drummond (1936)
as Paul Wyckoff
A Volta do Besouro Verde (1940)
as Ship's Captain
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
The Little Foxes (1941)
as Dawson (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Jezebel (1938)
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Silver River (1948)
as Sam Slade
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
Galloping Thru (1931)
as Sandy Thompson
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
as Steve Cantrell
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
T-Men (1947)
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
as Political Boss
The Talk of the Town (1942)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Dark Command (1940)
as Slave Trader
Squadron of Doom (1949)
as Wyckoff
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Guard (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
These Three (1936)
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Conductor
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
as Sheriff
The Ridin' Fool (1931)
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
as Bartender (uncredited)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
as Detective
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
as Marshal
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Man
Nora Prentiss (1947)
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
The Devil's Henchmen (1949)
as Elmer Hood
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Bouncer (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Poker Player on Train
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
as White Rose Sailor
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
as House Detective
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Actor
One Man Justice (1937)
as Red Grindy
The Lady Eve (1941)
as First Steward (uncredited)
Devil's Island (1939)
as Captain of the Guards
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
as Captain of Police
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Plainview Lawman
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express (1932)
as The Station Agent
A Man's World (1942)
as Captain Peterson
The Lawless Nineties (1936)
as Steele
Christmas in July (1940)
as Mr. Hillbeiner
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
as Editor
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Mr. Johnson
Hell's Outpost (1954)
as Banker (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
as Wild Bill Hickock
Cross My Heart (1946)
as Detective Flynn
Law of the Range (1941)
as Jamison
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Buck Rogers (1939)
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Crime School (1938)
as Mr. Burke
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
as Mitchell
Framed (1947)
as (uncredited)
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
The New Frontier (1935)
as Kit
The She Wolf (1919)
Actor
Flowing Gold (1940)
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
as Boss Whittaker
The Three Mesquiteers (1936)
as Alden Canfield
Oh! Susanna (1951)
as Jake Ledbetter
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
The Kid's Last Ride (1941)
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Singin' in the Corn (1946)
as Honest John Richards
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
as Cpl. Dronov
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
as Captain Allen
Pardon My Stripes (1942)
as Guard (uncredited)
Rendezvous (1935)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
The Mighty McGurk (1947)
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Worker (uncredited)
Son of the Border (1933)
as Tupper
We're Not Dressing (1934)
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
The Murder Man (1935)
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Partners of the Plains (1938)
as Scar Lewis
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
as Dr. Hicks
Confidential (1935)
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Below the Deadline (1946)
as Turner
Barbed Wire (1952)
as Homesteader McGraw
California Passage (1950)
as Conover
Woman Chases Man (1937)
as Process Server (uncredited)
Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
The Missing Juror (1944)
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Sam Porter
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
as Conductor (uncredited)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
The Jade Mask (1945)
as Sheriff Mack
Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
The Lone Avenger (1933)
as Burl Adams
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail (1954)
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Borderland (1937)
as Dandy Morgan
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Utah Wagon Train (1951)
as Sam Sickle
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Trustee
Dodge City Trail (1936)
as Dawson
Fast Bullets (1936)
as Travis
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Mr. Matthews
Black Gold (1947)
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
as Henchman Black
Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
as Briggs
Honor of the Range (1934)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Trail Dust (1936)
as Babson
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
as Rawlings
Mystery Mountain (1934)
as Tom Henderson
Crash Donovan (1936)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Quick on the Trigger (1948)
as Judge Kormac
Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
as Al
Melody Trail (1935)
as Matt Kirby
All That I Have (1951)
as John Biddle
Silent Valley (1935)
as Jim Farley
Winners of the West (1940)
as Captain
Idaho (1943)
as Jailer
Alibi Racket (1935)
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
as Police Inspector Blake
Slightly Married (1932)
as Tenant
In Old Amarillo (1951)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Highway Patrol (1938)
as Jarvis
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
as Capt. Trowbridge
Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
Gallant Defender (1935)
as Salty Smith
Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
as Tom Houston
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
as Matt Warner
Twin Husbands (1933)
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Jungle Jim (1937)
as Slade
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
as Reynolds
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Swartzman
Messenger of Peace (1947)
as Harry Franzmeirer
The Devil Horse (1932)
as Henchman Curley Bates
Honolulu Lu (1941)
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
as Bert Karsin
Bad Men of the Hills (1942)
as Mace Arnold
Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Bum (uncredited)
North of Arizona (1935)
as George Tully
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
as Hobo
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
as Sheriff chasing Loma
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
as Kentuck
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
as Marshal Larsen
The Spirit of the West (1932)
as Tom Fallon
The Last Musketeer (1952)
as Lem Shaver
Drum Taps (1933)
as Lariat Smith
Wild West Days (1937)
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
as Jeff Browning
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
as Sam Bartlett
Police Court (1932)
Actor
Western Gold (1937)
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
as Sheriff
Sucker Money (1933)
as George Hunter
The Cowboy Counsellor (1932)
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
as Bob Cameron
God's Country and the Man (1931)
as Livermore
Blue Montana Skies (1939)
as Marshal
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Florida Club Bartender
Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
as Sheriff
The Curtain Falls (1934)
as Mover
The Man from Sundown (1939)
as Slick Larson
Colorado Trail (1938)
as Mark Sheldon
When a Man Rides Alone (1933)
as Montana Slade
South of Santa Fe (1932)
as Henchman Wooly
Fighting Texans (1933)
as Gur Durkin
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
as Sheriff
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
A Man's Land (1932)
as Steve - Rustler
Black Beauty (1933)
as Hack Driver
Two Gun Law (1937)
as Kipp Faulkner
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
as Denver Ed
Outlaw Rule (1935)
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Two Gun Justice (1938)
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
The Forty-Niners (1932)
as Squaw O'Hara